blooming

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/ˈbluː.mɪŋ/

adj 3noun 3adv 1

Collocations

ADJ.

early, late, many, typical, yellow

VERB + BLOOMING

drove, flowers, garden, past, plants, said, shoved, spring

BLOOMING + NOUN

', daphnis, droops, fruit, it's, springtime, trees, variety

PREP.

after, from, in, in, on, with

ADV.

again

Definitions

adj

Opening in blossoms; flowering.

Thriving in health, beauty, and vigor, vigour; indicating the freshness and beauties of youth or health.

A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.

“How'd you like to be shoved in a blooming log?'

adv

A euphemism for the intensifier bloody.

My train's late again. Blooming typical.

“Well, all I can say is that if yer don't take yer dial outer the road I'll bloomin' well take an' bounce a gibber off yer crust.”

noun

The act by which something blooms.

Such bloomings, Dr. McLaren continued, would require a critical audience, “so that they can be subject to scientific and ethical review, freely available for research and one day, perhaps, for treating diseases.”

The process of making blooms from the ore or from cast iron.

A phenomenon where excessive light causes bright patches in a picture.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — the organic process of bearing flowers

bloom

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

“How'd you like to be shoved in a blooming log?'

Wiktionary

My train's late again. Blooming typical.

Wiktionary

“Well, all I can say is that if yer don't take yer dial outer the road I'll bloomin' well take an' bounce a gibber off yer crust.”

Wiktionary

It had been his intention to go to Wimbledon, but as he himself said: “Why be blooming well frizzled when you can hear all the results over the wireless. And results are all that concern me. […]”

Wiktionary

The roses are blooming early this year.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, blooming is marked as British. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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